Border-Gavaskar Trophy Cricket Test Match: India 172/3 at stumps on day two of the second test against Australia in Perth

Border-Gavaskar Trophy Cricket Test Match: India in commanding position with 173/3 at stumps on the second day of second test against Australia in Perth

On day two of the second Border-Gavaskar Trophy Cricket Test Match against Australia in Perth, India were 173/3 when stumps were drawn. Australia were all out for 326 runs and when India opened its innings, it lost two of its openers in quick succession. Thanks to the magnificent bowling by Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, KL Rahul and Murali Vijay perished within the first six overs, while Virat Kohili, the captain and his deputy, Ajinkya Rahane, along with Cheteshwar Pujara, steadied the innings. Actually, the 90-run partnership between Kohli and Rahane did help India to limp back from the initial shock of losing two quick wickets of Rahul and Vijay.

Pujara came after the fall of third wicket and played a breezy knock to stabilise the Indian innings at the close of the second day. Kohli and Pujara added 74 runs, when the latter got out by scoring just 24 runs off 103 balls. Rahane joined Kohil and started dominating the proceedings. At the draw of stumps both Kohli and Rahane had achieved their half centuries, while tomorrow they will resume the innings on day three with the score card reading at 172/3. When the second day of the test match ended today, Kohli had scored 82 runs facing 181 deliveries and Rahane was on 51 facing 103 balls. Pat Cummins bowled 17 overs and conceded 40 runs without taking any wicket, while his colleague, Nathan Lyon bowled 22 overs, gave away 34 runs for nought. When the stumps were drawn, India were only 154 runs. India made a score of 172 runs in 69 overs. Rahul was bowled by a wholesome yorker delivered by Hazlewood scoring only two runs, while Vijay went out for a duck, succumbed to a brilliant ripper from Starc.

InterGlobe Technology Quotient Private Limited (ITQ) was awarded by the coveted ‘Golden Peacock Award’ for Risk Management 2018 by the Institute of Directors at the ‘Golden Peacocks Award Night’ held on December 5, 2018 in Singapore. Jawed Ashraf, IFS, Indian High Commissioner to Singapore gave away the award to Alok Mehta (Group Chief Governance Officer, InterGlobe Enterprises) and Munish Gupta (Principal Finance Officer, InterGlobe Technology Quotient).

Golden Peacock Awards, instituted by the Institute of Directors (IOD), India in 1991, recognises organisations that have significantly added to the understanding and practice of risk management. These awards are regarded as a benchmark of Corporate Excellence worldwide. Every year, the nomination committee receives around 1000 applications for various categories of awards which are evaluated following a three-tier evaluation process. The Jury that selected the winner of the ‘Golden Peacock Award for Risk Management’ for 2018, is chaired by Justice (Dr) Arijit Pasayat, Chairman, Golden peacock awards Jury, former Judge, Supreme Court of India.

Alok Mehta, Group Chief Corporate Governance, InterGlobe Enterprises, while speaking on the occasion, said: “It has been our endeavour at InterGlobe to initiate the thought leadership around risk management culture and institutionalise it across all the group companies, keeping in view the rapid business growth and increasing business complexities. Our self-governance system provides assurance to the business, that all risks, controls & regulatory compliances, are effectively managed to ensure transparency and accountability while facilitating maximum governance with less government.”

Anil Parashar, President and CEO, InterGlobe Technology Quotient said: “It gives me great pleasure that ITQ has been honoured with the Golden Peacock Award. This is truly a proud moment for all of us. We highly value transparency and accountability in our work and owing to our strong self-governance system, we assure our clients that all risks, controls and regulatory compliances are managed in an effective way. Backed by our diligent and expert team members, we always strive to provide maximum governance.”

InterGlobe Technology Quotient Private Limited (ITQ) is a strategic business unit of InterGlobe Enterprises which is a leader in aviation, hospitality and travel related services. ITQ is an official distributor of Travelport in six markets across Asia Pacific region including India and Sri Lanka. Headquartered in Gurgaon, the company provides cutting edge travel technology solutions with unmatched inventory options to its customers helping them increase their productivity and business efficiency. With an extended network of 400 cities with 19 dedicated offices and 14 REPs, InterGlobe Technology Quotient reaches out to over 36,000 agency terminals, with two nationalised service centres and 16 training centres with state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities matching international standards.

Pradanya 2018 concludes at IIHMR University in Jaipur with live wire discussions on tomorrow’s healthcare systems in India

Pradanya 2018 concludes at IIHMR University in Jaipur enabling open discourse on the state of tomorrow’s healthcare system in India.

What with a foresight of providing a platform for educating and enabling open discourse on the state of tomorrow’s healthcare systems in India, leading health sector management University, Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), concluded the 23rd edition of its flagship annual event, Pradanya 2018, with live wire discussions on breakthrough technologies, transformations, innovations and discoveries and their impact on current and future models of medical service delivery.

Some of the most prominent minds in the healthcare sector including Dr Indu Bhushan, CEO, Ayushman Bharat: National Health Protection Mission, Naveen Jain, Mission Director for the National Health Mission, Government of Rajasthan, Dr. Anil Agarwal, Health Specialist, UNICEF Rajasthan, Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, Technical Officer, Health, Care & Access, WHO, India, Dr. Chirag Trivedi, Director and Head of Clinical Study Unit, Sanofi India and many other health industry leaders enlightened the audience. The conference did see the participation from executives and management officials from government, private, social and development sectors, healthcare providers, academia researchers as well as students of health, hospital, pharmaceutical and rural management.

Re-imagining Healthcare: Yesterday’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Reality

The theme for this year’s event was “Re-imagining Healthcare: Yesterday’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Reality”. A wide range of topics covering vital questions of inclusive health and equitable access in light of Ayushman Bharat, the country’s strides in achieving SDGs in rural development, drug and vaccine discovery and its role in reducing disease burdens, trends in patient centered care, the new wave of healthcare technologies that are predicted to change the face of medical practice and service delivery. Conferences play a major role in disseminating best practices and knowledge of cutting edge systems while broadening feedback loops in the churning of ideas and furthering social and economic progress.

While speaking on the event, Dr Indu Bhushan, CEO, Ayushman Bharat, Government of India, said: “Access to healthcare in India is marred by huge costs of Out-of-pocket expenditure which pushes 7% of India’s households into poverty every year. When the affected victim is the sole bread earner in the family the cost is even more debilitating. About 70% of India’s population resides in rural areas but the majority of tertiary healthcare services, which are the costliest, in terms of OOP expenses, are in urban areas. Poor people need more expensive health services than the top 40% income-bracket of society. The awareness levels, willingness to submit to clinical diagnosis at the primary healthcare level and access to secondary or tertiary healthcare services is lower among the most disadvantaged. Some states have been running very successful public healthcare programs of their own. Our aim is to amalgamate all these services into one but not force this model upon anyone. That is why we have been careful in choosing healthcare service providers that fit into the model, that are willing and prepared to serve. There is no rigidity in the model and we are open to feedback.”

Singled out by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as an Institute of Excellence for Training and Capacity Building, IIHMR University specialises in healthcare management, research, education, training and institutional networking. It has many well-known alumni working in both the private and public sector, leading organizations and running programs. For its significant contribution to health and hospital management education, it has received several Leadership Awards.

Ayushman Bharat

Dr. Navin Jain with Dr. Indu Bhushan.

Naveen Jain, Managing Director, NHMsaid: “While the Ayushman Bharat identifies 59 lakh beneficiaries in Rajasthan, we already serve 90 lakh beneficiaries. The Ayushman Bharat is a great scheme in concept but, as a responsible agent of change in Rajasthan, we have faced real issues in implementation including limitations in reaching out to the correct beneficiary and insurance fraud perpetrated by both the receiver and the provider of services. Nonetheless, insurance coverage to universalize healthcare access is a step in the right direction and we are grateful for the accommodation of visions that the PMJAY has provided us with. There remain challenges to costing and rate fixation for the 1350+ procedures covered among private hospitals and consideration of their specific infrastructure expenses.”

Dr. (Prof.) Pankaj Gupta, President, IIHMR University, Jaipur said: “This conference has been a source of great inspiration for people committed to the cause of providing inclusive healthcare for all and managing change in society. I am sure that our students are better prepared to face career challenges now than before. I thank Prof. S D Gupta, Dr. Indu Bhushan, Naveen Jain and all the illustrious luminaries who have helped enrich this debate and motivated our future leaders”, .

IIHMR has become a major destination for training and capacity development in leadership and strategic management, hospital management, disaster management, quality management, project management, health management information systems, health economics and finance.

Dr. S D Gupta, Chairman, IIHMR University, Jaipur, the last speaker, said: “It has been my pleasure to bear witness to such an enlightening discussion by deeply committed personalities to the cause of healthcare service delivery in India. My personal experiences with Dr. Indu Bhushan and others have taught me to trust the government in making the right choices in leading transformative programs. I believe that the audience at this year’s conference and all stakeholders present will take back a rich template of practices from the discourse that took place at IIHMR today and in the past 3 days. I thank Shri Indu Bhushan Ji and all the other guests for enriching our experience with their words of wisdom.”

Easy win for India against South Africa in its first campaign in the Hockey World Cup 2018

The first match India in the Hockey World Cup 2018 kick-started with a positive note, as the side led by Manpreet Singh beat South Africa 5-0 in Pool C competition at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odhisha. Right from the word go, the Indian side showed its domination against the South African team at their home turf in all the four quarters.

Hockey World Cup 2018: India beat South Africa 5-0 in its inaugural campaign at Kalinga Stadium, Bubaneswar in Odhisha.

Unsurprisingly, Mandeep Singh opened the account in the tenth minute of the first quarter, while Akashdeep Singh, followed suit in the twelfth minute. With two goals in the same quarter, that too at the very start of the campaign, upset the South African hockey team and having realised their confidence level, the Indian team thrived on scoring three more goals. To put it this way, in fact, the encounter with South Africa was a warm up match for the Indian hockey team, as they will play against Belgium on December 2, 2018 in the second match, which will be followed with India clashing with Canada on December 8.

British Medical Journal (BMJ) India is all set to celebrate the landmark fifth edition of the BMJ Awards South Asia. Thirty nominations have been shortlisted – post a rigorous evaluation – the winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on December 1, 2018 in Chennai.

Prashanth Mishra

Speaking on the occasion, Prashant Mishra, Managing Director, BMJ India and South Asia said, “Over the past five years, the Awards have attained the stature of a must-attend event in South Asia and have been recognised as an important initiative in providing much-needed recognition to healthcare projects in the region. We are happy to celebrate the fifth edition of this illustrious event and hope the winners inspire other healthcare professionals to continue to advance healthcare through their work.”

The evaluation panel shortlisted the thirty finalists for the jury presentations on December 1, post which the winners will be announced. The finalists include nominations from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai; The Indian Red Cross Society-Gujarat, Mohan Foundation, Chennai; University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar; NIMHANS, Bangalore; St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore; Population Council Dhaka, Bangladesh; School of Public Health, SRM Deemed University, Chennai; Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal; District General Hospital, Ampara, Sri Lanka; Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan; PGIMER, Chandigarh; Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi & Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi; Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayawardenapura Colombo amongst many more.

More than 1500 nominations were received from across South Asia in categories such as Excellence in Medical Education, Healthcare Innovation and Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Team of the Year amongst others. The finalists are from across the region, with representation from India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal.

Mishra further added, “The BMJ Awards South Asia has grown into an esteemed program with participation from the region’s medical fraternity and brings the spotlight on the superlative work done by healthcare professionals in the region. We are happy to announce the winners this year at a formal ceremony on December 1 in Chennai, and, once again, celebrate the inspiring work by doctors and their teams all through the South Asian region. It is important that innovative work in the field of medicine gets done, and, we, in turn, honour that accomplishment, as well as share it with the wider community.”

BMJ started out over 170 years ago as a medical journal, and helps medical organisations and clinicians tackle today’s most critical healthcare challenges, and publishes the newest, cutting-edge academic research. It also provides professional development solutions and creates clinical decision support tools. The expertise of BMJ extends from publishing and medical education to clinical decision support and quality improvement to enhance day to day decision-making and healthcare delivery, with its continuous support to medical professionals and organizations around the globe. BMJ advances healthcare worldwide by sharing knowledge and expertise to improve experiences and outcomes.

As India and Malta are growing at a steady pace, if both the nations can work together, going forward, the relationship will witness exponential growth, said the Vice President of India, Venkiah Naidu, a PIB statement said.

The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu and the President of Malta, Ms. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca making Joint Press Statement, at San Anton Palace, Halbalzan, Malta on September 17, 2018. Photo: PIB.

While issuing the joint press statement, following delegation level talks with the President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca at San Anton Palace, Halbalzan, Naidu said that diplomatic relations between India and Malta were established soon after the independence of Malta and India see Malta as one of the most trusted partners within the EU. “India was one of the first countries to recognize independence of Malta and now, we have taken the decision to open a resident mission in Malta in order to scale up ourrelationship”, Naidu pointed out.

Strengthening Relationships

Stating that both economies are complimentary and technology based, Naidu said that India and Malta need to bolster relationship with far more substantive cooperation on the economic, scientific and technological, human resource development fronts. Malta can take the advantage of India’s highly skilled professionals in the field of IT, financial services, health, pharmaceuticals, transport, freight and tourism. The Vice President said that India and Malta have signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) in the field of Maritime Cooperation, Diplomatic Training and Tourism Cooperation. It is a good beginning in creating a modern, enabling framework for enhancing relations between both the countries.

The Vice President said that both the Governments should work towards facilitating easy mobility of professionals on both sides. “I strongly believe this will certainly go a long way in further strengthening the ties and accelerate progress and growth in both our countries,” he added. Naidu further thanked Malta for the assistance provided in the evacuation of Indians from Libya, while he also conveyed his best wishes to the people of our friendly country Malta for the upcoming National Day of Malta.